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Socio-Ecological Systems and Their Applications
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Socio-Ecological Systems and Their Applications

A special issue of Systems (ISSN 2079-8954).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2024) | Viewed by 4398

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Prof. Dr. Arnaud Z. Dragicevic

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Faculty of Economics, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
Interests: bioeconomics; environmental and resource economics; socio-ecological systems; sustainability; complex systems
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Prof. Dr. Alberto Paucar-Caceres

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Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University All Saints Campus, Manchester M15 6BH, UK
Interests: literacy health and planetary health in Latin America; applying circular economy systemic principles to food waste management; promoting ecological and environmental awareness in HEIs; Interdisciplinary approaches to research climate emergency
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Scholars have developed conceptual frameworks to effectively depict the nuanced relationship between individuals and the environment. The concept of socio-ecological systems (SES) stands out. These polycentric models are recognized for offering a refined portrayal of the dynamic interplay between human societies and their ecosystems. Polycentric systems present a potent paradigm for understanding social-ecological phenomena, given their ability to bridge various scales with diverse information flows. An SES encompasses both natural and human-influenced components, interacting across multiple spatial and temporal dimensions. These components include elements of nature, resource users, community members, voters, economic entities, and regulatory organizations. They are interlinked through connections that might entail financial transactions or the exchange of resources like information, energy, or strategies. This interwoven structure empowers the system to operate as a complex adaptive entity, wherein the flow of information assumes a crucial role in molding its behavior.

Prof. Dr. Arnaud Z. Dragicevic
Prof. Dr. Alberto Paucar-Caceres
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Keywords

  • resilience
  • biodiversity
  • adaptation
  • sustainability
  • human-nature interaction
  • ecosystem services
  • stakeholder engagement
  • governance
  • coupled systems
  • land use change
  • environmental management
  • conservation
  • anthropogenic impacts
  • ecosystem-based management
  • systems dynamics
  • complex systems
  • resource management
  • environmental policies
  • social-ecological networks
  • climate change adaptation

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Competitive Integration of Social Tourism Enterprises Through an Organizational Management System: The Case of El Jorullo in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco
by Carlos Salvador Peña-Casillas, Rodrigo Espinoza-Sánchez, José Alejandro López-Sánchez and Perla Aguilar-Navarrete
Systems 2024, 12(12), 549; https://doi.org/10.3390/systems12120549 - 10 Dec 2024
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Ejidos are a unique form of land ownership in Mexico based on cooperative and mutual aid, characterized by management problems. Some ejidos have given rise to social tourism enterprises (STE), which seek to respond to local needs by carrying out traditional agricultural and [...] Read more.
Ejidos are a unique form of land ownership in Mexico based on cooperative and mutual aid, characterized by management problems. Some ejidos have given rise to social tourism enterprises (STE), which seek to respond to local needs by carrying out traditional agricultural and livestock activities complemented by tourism. This sector requires integration to compete. The cases addressed are the STEs in the ejido called El Jorullo, a tourist destination in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. Therefore, this research’s general aim was to analyze a proposal for a strategic management system for the STEs of ejido El Jorullo based on social capital to promote their competitiveness. The methodology is qualitative, based on social network analysis (SNA) to identify the social capital of the participants of El Jorullo and their enterprises from the perspective of the theory of organizational population ecology and subsequently, the emptying of this information to feed a technology-based management system. The results indicate the six stages of the proposed system for integrating the enterprises. This allows identifying an option for STEs to become more competitive through the integration and involvement of various stakeholders. Full article
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Adaptation of Tourism Transformation in Rural Areas under the Background of Regime Shift: A Social–Ecological Systems Framework
by Jia Chen, Wenqian Chen, Fei Wang and Mengqi Deng
Systems 2024, 12(8), 289; https://doi.org/10.3390/systems12080289 - 8 Aug 2024
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The rural transformation driven by regime shift is obvious around the world, and there is still insufficient research exploring related effective analytical frameworks and ideas. Transformation adaptation is widely used in the field of disaster research as a concept of dynamic systems’ evolutionary [...] Read more.
The rural transformation driven by regime shift is obvious around the world, and there is still insufficient research exploring related effective analytical frameworks and ideas. Transformation adaptation is widely used in the field of disaster research as a concept of dynamic systems’ evolutionary development, emphasizing fundamental changes in the structure or function of systems and promoting equity and justice for communities in social–ecological systems. This paper critically reviews and synthesizes the literature on adaptation to construct an evaluation framework of transformative adaptation of social–ecological systems. This framework is applied to the analysis of the adaptive process, capacity, and outcomes of rural tourism transformation in different cases of Shaanxi Province, China. The results were as follows: (1) The shift of regime state in the process of rural transformation adaptation has diversified, while the tourism regime shift with active adaptation has better adaptive capacity and outcomes; (2) a strong community foundation and benefit-sharing tourism development model can promote adaptation in the rural system; and (3) social relationship networks, farmers’ collective interests and discourse power, and rural economic and material conditions are the key factors affecting the adaptation of rural tourism transformation. This study provides practical analytical tools and opportunities for improving adaptation of the rural tourism transformation at the global level. Full article
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From Learning Ecologies to a Social Ecosystem Model for Learning and Skills
by Ken Spours
Systems 2024, 12(9), 324; https://doi.org/10.3390/systems12090324 - 26 Aug 2024
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The growing relevance of socio-ecological systems (SESs) thinking reflects both the challenges of an anthropogenic poly crisis and attempts to understand the complexities of societal development in an era of globalisation. The article begins by suggesting there are two related variants of SES [...] Read more.
The growing relevance of socio-ecological systems (SESs) thinking reflects both the challenges of an anthropogenic poly crisis and attempts to understand the complexities of societal development in an era of globalisation. The article begins by suggesting there are two related variants of SES thinking; relationships between the natural and human worlds (Variant 1) and whole social and human system analysis using metaphorical transfer and theorisation of natural ecological principles (Variant 2). This article elaborates Variant 2 through the development a social ecosystem model (SEM) applied to post-compulsory education and skills development. An exploration of the SEM is conducted through a review of the literatures on ‘Learning Ecologies’ to assess the strengths and limitations of this human ecological approach. Perceived limitations are addressed by the development of the SEM that adds a political economy dimension to the learning ecological model, which is then applied to the field of learning and skills in the English context in support of an inclusive and place-based approach to vocational education and training (VET). The article concludes by suggesting that the SEM can be further expanded by its application to transitioning to more sustainable futures, being developed by scholars of indigenous communities and populations of the Global South, that arguably brings Variant 2 of SESs thinking closer to Variant 1. Full article
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